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Something in the Blood
by David J. Skal; read by James Patrick Cronin
A groundbreaking biography reveals the haunted origins of the man who created Dracula and traces the psychosexual contours of late Victorian society. Learn More
Solitude & Company
by Silvana Paternostro, Contributing Author Edith Grossman; read by Robert Fass
An oral history biography of the legendary Latin American writer and Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez, brimming with atmosphere and insight. Learn More
Soldier, Priest, and God
by F. S. Naiden; read by Stephen Bel Davies
Soldier, Priest, and God, the first religious biography of Alexander, incorporates recent scholarship to provide a vivid and unique portrait of a remarkable leader. Learn More
So Much Things to Say
by Roger Steffens; read by Roger Steffens
So Much Things to Say is the definitive oral history of Bob Marley by one of the world's foremost reggae scholars. Learn More
So Much Longing in So Little Space
by Karl Ove Knausgaard; read by Matthew Waterson
A brilliant and personal examination by sensational and bestselling author Karl Ove Knausgaard of his Norwegian compatriot Edvard Munch, the famed artist best known for his iconic painting The Scream. Learn More
So Many Roads
David Browne; read by Sean Runnette
An acclaimed journalist sheds new light on one of rock’s most iconic bands. Learn More
Snowblind
by Robert Sabbag; read by Andrew Eiden
Called "a triumphant piece of reporting," Snowblind recounts the exploits of former cocaine smuggler Zachary Swan, chronicling his elaborate scams and outstanding success in the early 1970s. Learn More
Sisters and Rebels
by Jacquelyn Dowd Hall; read by Karen White
2020 PEN America Literary Award Winner
Grounded in decades of research, Sisters and Rebels unfolds an epic narrative of American history through the lives and works of three Southern women. Learn More
Sidecountry
by John Branch; read by Charles Constant
New York Times reporter John Branch's riveting, humane pieces about ordinary people doing extraordinary things at the edges of the sporting world have won nearly every major journalism prize. Sidecountry gathers the best of Branch's work, featuring twenty of his favorites from the more than 2,000 pieces he has published in the paper. Learn More
Sid Meier's Memoir!
by Sid Meier; read by Charles Constant
The life and career of the legendary developer celebrated as the "godfather of computer gaming," and creator of Civilization. Learn More
Shula
by Mark Ribowsky; LJ Ganser
Spanning seven decades, the notorious loss of Super Bowl III, and an historic undefeated season with the Dolphins, Shula is the definitive biography of a coaching legend. Learn More
The Show Won't Go On
by Jeff Abraham & Burt Kearns; read by Michael Butler Murray
There has never been a show business book quite like The Show Won't Go On, the first comprehensive study of a bizarre phenomenon: performers who died onstage. Learn More
Sex Money Murder
by Jonathan Green; read by Keith Sellon-Wright
A searing portrait of the crack epidemic and the violent drug wars that once ravaged the Bronx. Learn More
The Seashell on the Mountaintop
Alan Cutler; read by Grover Gardner
How could a seashell get into a rock? And how could that rock get to the top of a mountain? The "seashell question" plagues 17th century thinkers who fervently believed the planet was young and the human race supreme. Learn More
The Search for Reagan
by Craig Shirley; read by Bob Johnson
Never before has anyone explored the mind, soul, and heart of Ronald Reagan. The Search for Reagan explores the challenges and controversies in Reagan's life and how he successfully dealt with each, depicting a man who was never as conservative as some conservatives wanted him to be, but rather as conservative as he was comfortable being—a man who wanted to win on his own terms and integrity. Learn More
Schlesinger
by Richard Aldous; read by Norman Dietz
Schlesinger: The Imperial Historian is the first major biography of preeminent historian and intellectual Arthur Schlesinger Jr., a defining figure in Kennedy's White House. Learn More
The Scandalous Lady W
by Hallie Rubenhold; read by Pearl Hewitt
It was the divorce that scandalized Georgian England . . . She was a spirited young heiress. He was a handsome baronet with a promising career in government. Their marriage had the makings of a fairy tale but ended as one of the most salacious and highly publicized divorces in history. Learn More
Satellite Boy
by Andrew Amelinckx; read by Patrick Lawlor
Spanning the underworld haunts of Montreal to Havana and Miami in the early days of the Cold War, Satellite Boy reveals the unlikely connection between an audacious bank heist and the "other Space Race" that gave birth to the modern communication age. Learn More
Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody
by James H. Cone; read by Bill Andrew Quinn
In this powerful and passionate memoir—his final work—James H. Cone describes the obstacles he overcame to find his voice, to respond to the signs of the times, and to offer a voice for those—like the parents who raised him in Bearden, Arkansas, in the era of lynching and Jim Crow—who had no voice. Learn More
The Saddest Words
by Michael Gorra; read by Joe Barrett
Interweaving biography, absorbing literary criticism, and rich travelogue, The Saddest Words recontextualizes Faulkner, revealing a civil war within him, while examining the most plangent cultural issues facing American literature today. Learn More
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